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THE MOKNING OBEQONIAN, TUESDAY, HAY '7, 1901.
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LANDED : AT MELBOURNE
DCKE AJTO DUCHESS OF CORXWALIj
AXD TORK RECEIVED.
Triumphal Ride of tb.e Royal Party
Throneli Brftlltmtlr Decorated
Streets to Government House.
MELSOUKNE, May 6L The Duke and
Duchess of Cornwall and York landed
irom the steamer Ophlr at -2. o'clock-thls
afternoon. They -were received at the
' pierhead by Lord Hopetoun, Governor
General, and the state and federal Min
isters. After the Ministers had been presented,
the party passed down the quarter of a
mile of carpeted pier and entered car
riages, surrounded by a guard of honor
composed of "Victorian troops just re
turned from South Africa, and proceeded
a distance of seven miles through bril
liantly decorated streets, bordered with
almost continuous lines of stands filled
to their utmost capacity. The entire
route was lined with demonstrative crowds
and the decorations, arches, Venetian
masts and columns along the line of
inarch were very effective. Opposite the
town hall the procession passed beneath
the Queen's arch, canopied with the royal
colors and sheltering: a golden statue of
Queen Victoria. Twelve thousand troops
were in line.
There was a picturesque scene at Par
liament Souse when the procession
arrived there, at a 3:15 o'clock this after
noon. Assembled on the steps were the
foreign Ministers and the representatives
of the colonies, including "William Mu
lock, the Canadian Postmaster-General,
the American and other Consuls, the of
ficers of the visiting warships and a host
of other prominent persons. The royal
party reached Government House at 4
o'clock. Here was the scene of the great
est -enthusiasm. A salute was fired and
the royal standard was hoisted.
Today the weather has been perfect,
and it is believed that a crowd numbering
300,000 persons witnessed the procession.
Tonight the city and harbor are aoiaze
with Illuminations of a most elaborate
description.
MELBOURNE, May 7. The levee at
Government House began at 11 A. M. The
foreign naval officers were received sep
arately. Admiral Remey and the other
Admirals, together with their captains,
severally presented the officers of their
,shlps. The presentations were so numer
ous that the officers had to be admitted
In batches. The officials wore court
dress, but a majority were in evening
dress. After an hour of rapid presenta
tions, the mass was not perceptibly dim
inished. Remey "Will Not Go to Auckland.
WASHINGTON. May 6. Owing to the
many changes of importance now about
to take place In the American fleet on
Xhe Asiatic station. Admiral Remey has
informed the Navy Department that he
does not feel able to absent himself from
Jtfanlla long enough to accept the Invita
tion of the New Zealand authorities to
extend his visit from Melbourne to Auck
land. After having made the announce
ment to that effect, the department to
day changed Its plan and decided that
Admiral Remey should not go there.
AMERICAN PRISONERS.
Trrenty-Klx of Them Captnred by the
British In South Africa.
LONDON. May 6. Replying to a ques
tion In the House of Commons, Mr. Brod
erlck, the Secretary for War, said that
among the prisoners captured in 43outh
Africa were 26 Americans, besides 13 o th
ere claiming to be burghers. There is no
intention of releasing any of the prisoners
until the war Is over.
Mr. Chamberlain, the Colonial Secre
tary, informed the questioner that no gold
had been produced In the Transvaal since
January 1, but 50 stamps started May 4
and 100 stamps started today.
Lord Cranbourne informed Mr. Dillon,
Nationalist, that the withdrawal of a
portion of the troops In the Province of
Chi L.1 was in contemplation, and that so
soon as China complied with the more
important demands of the powers, a
larger reduction would occur.
Stale Troops Should Be Replaced.
LONDON, May 7. The Pretoria corre
spondent of the Times, in a letter dated
April G, describes the Insecurity of the
Delagoa Bay Railway and constant de
lays and stoppages due to systematic at
tempts by Boer commandoes to wreck
the lines and mines. Like the Times
Kroonstadt correspondent, he also Insists
tipon imperative necessity of replacing
the stale British troops by fresh drafts,
declaring that "unless the "war Is finished
oy September we must resign ourselves
to a continuance for another year." Com
menting upon the communications from
its correspondents In Kroonstadt and
Pretoria, the Times says:
"The large capture of Boers since these
letters were received gives promise of a
better state of things, but the govern
ment ought to do their most. Unfortun
ately, it is out of the question In present
circumstances to carry out the general
system of relief, but something might
surely be done for the battalions which
have suffered most."
British Losses In the War.
LONDON, May C The War Office to
day officially gave out the total number
of deaths in the South African War at
714 officers and 1464 men. Four officers
s.nd 314 men have been Invalided home
,&nd subsequently died. Two thousand
Jour hundred and ninety-three non-com-
.snissloned officers and men have left the
Benice unfit for duty.
Delarey's Force Splitting Up.
KLERK6DORP. Transvaal. May 6.
General Delarey's force of 4000 Boers,
which has been in the hills around Har
tebestefontein, is splitting up. Some of
the men are moving to the southwest,
while others are going north. Delarey
"himself is moving south.
Hustling the Commandoes.
CAPE TOWN, May 6. Sheeper's and
Kritzlnger"s commandoes, which have
been roving In the midlands of the Cape
Colons districts for five months, are being
sharply hustled. Kritzlnger recently
burned a supply train near Royner.
Delgoa Bay Road Destroyed.
BRUSSELS, May 6. It Is reported that
the Delagoa Bay Railroad has again been
destroyed by Boer forces under Com
mandant Boyer.
OTHER FOREIGN NEWS.
Misery in Italy.
PARIS, May 6. The Patrle today pub
lishes dispatches from Palermo. Naples
and Foggla reporting an alarming situa
tion In Sicily and South Italy The peas
ants in the provinces of Messina, Catania
and Syracuse are in perpetual revolt, and
sanguinary conflicts with the police occur
almost dally. The region In which the
sulphur mines are situated are agitated,
and a general strike is threatened. Misery
prevails in the Province of Fiolles. The
fields and gardens are lying waste, the
municipality has suspended payment, and
the syndic has gone to Home to confer
with the Premier. Strikes are extending
everywhere in South Italy.
Novel "Will of a French. Count
PARIS, May 6, The late Count St. Ouen
de Pierrecourt, whose family dates back
to William the Conqueror, dedicated to
the City of Rouen his fortune of 10,000,000
francs on: the novel condition that the
city annually give a marriage gift of 100,
000 francs to a couple of giants, in order
to regenerate the human species; The
candidates are to be medically examined,
and the healthiest couple will beyChosen.
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Tie New Praalan ailnlstry.
BERLIN, May 6. The new Ministry is
gazetted as follows:
Baron Rhelnbaben, Minister of Finance;?
' General Podblelski, Minister of Agri
culture. Baron von Hammersteln, District Pres
ident of Metz, takes the portfolio of the
Interior.
Herr Moeller, Minister of Commerce.
. Herr Kraetke, director of the Imperial
PostofficC, Secretary of State of that' de
partment. The Sultan Killed His Physician.
LONDON, May 7. "It Is rumored," says
the Constantinople correspondent of the
Dally Express, "that the Sultan shot dead
a physician who, while attending him
for ear complaint and massaging him,
unwittingly caused His Majesty intense
pain. The chamberlain rushed into tne
joom and the Sultan, who supposed there
-was an. attempt on his life, fired again,
wounding the chamberlain."
Another Cable Laid.
WESTON-SUPER-MARE, Eng., May 6.
A submarine telegraph cable for the
Commercial Cable Company between
"Watervllle. Ireland, and "Weston-Super-Mare,
where the cable will be directly
connected with London, has just been
completed. The completion of this work
marks the ending of a long struggle with
the British Government to accept it.
Sweden's "War Budget.
STOCKHOLM, May 6. The Rigsdag
committee, which has been considering
the ministerial army proposals, has re
ported in favor of increasing the expendi
tures by 22,500,000 kroner, making a total
of 45,000,000 kroner. The naval estimates
are increased to 14,000,000 kroner.
Venezuela Buying "War" Material.
LrONDON, May 7. "Venezuela is plac
ing important orders for war material
with German firms," says the Berlin cor
respondent of the Dally Mail, "and invit
ing Herr Krupp and others to tender for
a supply of cruisers, torpedo-boats and the
like."
A Balloon Lost.
COLOGNE, May 6. A military captive
balloon, with two men in the car. ascend
ed here during the maneuvers yesterday.
It broke loose In a gale, was soon lost to
sight in the clouds, and has not been seen
since.
Delegate to Canada or United States.
LONDON, May 7. According- to the
Rome correspondent of the Daily Chron
icle, Monslgnore Palewskl, apostolic dele
gate In Bombay, will be nominated dele
gate to either Canada or the United
States.
Barred From the Selamlik.
CONSTANTINOPLE. May 6. An official
circular has been issued notifying the
members of the diplomatic corps that in
future only distinguished visitors, accom
panied by a diplomat, will be admitted to
the Selamlik.
Turkish .Minister Relieved.
CONSTANTINOPLE. May 6. The Min
ister of Finance, Reshad Pasha, has been
relieved of his post, and is succeeded by
Zuhdi Pasha, Minister of Instruction, who
will temporarily fill both positions.
Genoa Dockmcn Strike.
GENOA, May 6. In consequence of a
dispute regarding their hours of labor,
the dockmen have gone on a general strike
except at the San Benlgo landing.
A Theatrical Engagement.
LONDON, May 7. The Daily Express
esserts that Miss Irene Vanbrugh, the
actress, is betrothed to Dion Boucicault
Plague Riots Suppressed. .
CALCUTTA, May 6. The plague riots
in the Slxnlkat district have been sup
pressed by the military.
A WATCH TRUST.
Syndicate Making Efforts to Absorb
Large Factories.
WALTHAM, Mass., May 6. It was
stated in manufacturing circles here to
day that a syndicate Is making efforts
to absorb the American Waltham Watch
Company's plant here, and also the fac
tory of the Elgin Company, at Elgin, III.
President Fitch, of the Waltham Com
pany, left for New York today, where
there is to be a conference concerning
affairs in the watch-manufacturing line.
The syndicate has been given options
on the O'Hara dial factory and the Ameri
can Watch Tool Company's works, and
purchased the United States watch fac
tory here. It is stated that the new com
pany controls the Philadelphia Watch
Case Works, at Riverside, N. J., and has
been negotiating with the Standard Case
Company, of Jersey City, the Keystone
Watch Case Company, of Philadelphia,
and the Bates & Bacon Watch Case Com
pany, of Attleboro. The capital of the
syndicate Is said to have been placed at
575,000,000.
MONTANA MINE COMBINATION.
Answers to the Application for an
Injunction.
NEW TORK, May 6. Vice-Chancellor
Pitney gave a hearing today In chancery
chambers in Jersey City, on a rule to
enow cause why the Amalgamated Cop
per Company should not be enjoined from
absorbing the Boston & Montana and
Butte & Boston Mining Companies, of
Montana. The petitioner alleges that the
valuation at which it Is proposed to take
in the companies named Is excessive.
The answer of Henry H. Rogers, vice-
president of the Amalgamated Copper
Company, and, since the death of Marcus
Daly the acting president, admitted that
the purchase of the Boston & Montana
Company at $375 per share would Involve
an expenditure of $56,250,000, but denied
that -such an expenditure would be ex
cessive. The answer further sets forth that the
market value of the Boston & Montana
stock Is greater than $375; that the stock
is now selling at $450 per-share, and that
it is largely dealt In, particularly in Bos
ton. In 1S90, the company paid dividends
amounting to $6,150,000, and in 1900, divi
dends of $6,450,000. February 20, 1901, a
quarterly dividend of $1,500,000 was pald.
The answer says that the physical prop
erty and assets of the company, leaving
out the good will and intangible assets,
are worth at least $50,250,000.
A similar affidavit was presented by
William Rockefeller, vice-president of the
Amalgamated Copper Company. It says
that the company Is an Investing com
pany, and that 575,000,000 worth of stock
was Issued in acquiring copper properties
when It seemed clearly for the benefit to
the entire body of shareholders to do so.
The Amalgamated Copper Company al
ready owns 10,000 shares of the Boston &
Montana Company, which it acquired In
1900. Similar affidavits were presented
from Frederick B. Addlcks, assistant
treasurer of the Butte & Boston; Godfrey
Hymes, general manager of the Boston &
Montana Company; Clarence King, geolo
gist and mining engineer, and Robert
WInsor, of Kidder. Peabody & Co.
Sheet Music Trust.
CHICAGO, May 6. Arrangements were
completed today for the formation of a
combination of the eight leading publish
ers of popular sheet music In the United
States. May 21 a meeting will be held In
New York for carrying out the plan. The
trust will be known as the American Mu
sic Publishing Company, and will have a
capital stock of from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000.
The organ now "being put Into the Mor
mon temple Jn Salt Lake City will be. It
is said, the finest instrument of the kind
In this country.
WITHDRAWAL FROM CHINA
TROOPS VDMj LEAVE CHI M TOT
DEK' VON WAIiDERSEE'S ORDERS.
Movement to Begin Whea Chinese
Authorities Give Written Pledge
of Payment of Indemnity.
BERLIN, May 6. The National -Zeitung
publishes a statement, evidently Inspired,
regarding the withdrawal from the Prov
ince of Chi Li. The1" withdrawal, it ap
pears, will be under Count Von Walder
see's command, no nation proceeding
alone. The first step will be a note sent
to the Chinese commissioners naming the
total indemnity. If China gives a writ
ten pledge of payment, the greater por
tion of the Army will be withdrawn, but
a sufficient number will remain until the
Indemnity question is settled. Not until
them will all the troops be withdrawn,
with the exception of the legation guards
and the garrisons between Pekln and the
coast. "
FOREIGNERS TO BLAME.
Responsible for Much of the Anarchy
Existing in ChinaJ
VNEW YORK, May 6. The latest mail
from China, says a Washington .special to
the Tribune, brought to the State De
partment new p'rdofs" of "the terrible and
perhaps Irretrievable conditions which
exist under the foreign military- rule in
North China. Involving a situation not
hitherto fully realized even in Washing
ton, and utterly unappreciated In tne
United States generally. The character
of the Information which has now come
into the Administration's possession Is
summarized .in the following extracts
from a communication written by one of
the most trusted officials in the service
abroad and mailed from Pekin'a month
ago:
"The question of raising the indemnity,
though one of the most serious of the
Chinese Government, is not paramount.
All the people who are likely to know
declare that the Chinese peasant can
stand no greater burden of taxation than
in the past, so the question resolves it
self largely to reducing the expense of
collection, which in China involves" radi
cal reforms. Another proposition for
meeting the indemnity Is to grant lu
crative mining and Industrial concessions
to foreigners, but that means bartering
their Independence and laying up endlesr
trouble for the Chinese, who are quick
to recognize the fact.
"If the whole horror of the murder and
pillage done between Tien Tsin and Pekln
comes to be understood In the United
States and in Europe, the sum of it is
so great as compared to the number of
Christians who have suffered at the hands
of the Chinese that, rightly or wrongly,
the Chinese are likely to be held the
injured party. Lancers wantonly Impal
ing little children by the wayside in the
streets of Pekin are some of "the least
of the well-authenticated horrors, and to
some foreign soldiers a dead Chinese
Christian is just as satisfactory an evi
dence of no quarter as a dead Boxer
they neither know nor care for such
trifling distinctions.
"The allies, even if they could agree,
could not set up an administrative ma
chinery of their own for . the empire.
They must restore the power to some
native party, and the quicker they do it
the better for China. The Chinese esti
mate that 1,000,000 of their people have
lost their lives by violent deaths or star
vation about Pekln and Tien Tsin since
the allies came. Well-informed foreign
ers long resident here do riot regard the
estimate as exaggerated." '
The North China News of March" 28,
endeavoring to tjell why such a 'situation J
as the one alleged can exist, says:
"Simply because Chinese civil autflbrlty
has been suppressed, harried, driveh
away, and nothing substituted for it. The
country between the sea and Pekln has
been devastated and the people have been
killed Indiscriminately or driven out of
their homes to become bandits. We should
have thoueht that one of the first acts
of the foreign administration after Pekin
was relieved would have been to strength
en the Chinese civil authority and make
It responsible for the preservation of or
der. But what magistrate can be ex
pected to remain at his post and exert
himself to put down opposition to for
eigners when at any moment a foreign
Lieutenant with a handful of troops may
come to him and demand a sum of money
on pain of having his town or village
burned down In case of refusal?"
OPENING OF MANCHURIA.
China Has Not Suggested It to the
Powers.
LONDON, May 6. A representative of
the Associated Press was officially in
formed today that the statement of the
Shanghai correspondent of the London
Times that China has approached the
powers suggesting a complete opening of
Manchuria to the enterprise of all coun
tries, and that replies have been received
from Japan, the United States, and Great
Britain, Is incorrect. What actually oc
curred was that a high Chinese official
threw out such a suggestion, and after
some slight diplomatic mention, the mat
ter ended there. It is realized in Downing
street that any steps toward securing the
opening of Manchuria would be construed
at St. Petersburg as direct opposition to
i.ussla's desires. The British Foreign Of
fice has not the slightest intention of em
barking upon such a fruitless task as the
one Indicated, and believes the United
States and Japan fully concur with that
view.
It is now feared that in spite of the pro
test of the United States and Great Brit
ain, the Chinese maritime customs will be
raised considerably above the 5 per cent
Increase to which Great Britain consented
in order to help China to meet the in
demnity. That uch action will princi
pally hurt American and British trade is
keenly appreciated in Downing street; but
it appears" that the increase cannot be
avoided 'without the American and British;
withdrawal from the concert, which step
Lord Lansdo-ftne does not contemplate for
a moment. ,
No official news has been received here
of Germans having fired on the British
flag.
German Shot a Russian Officer.
TIEN TSIN, May 6. A Russian Lieu
tenant, Tellekovsky, from the gunboat
Bobr, was shot dead by a German soldier
during a fracas on the Taku road. The
German fired In self-defense, the Lieuten
ant having attacked him with a dirk. .
McKlnley in the South.
"Chicago- Tribune.
The people of any part of the country
will always welcome with great .courtesy
a President of the United States, even
though they may be altogether opposed
to his party and his policy, provided al
ways that President does not go out of
his way to make himself disliked. Presi
dent Johnson did not receive a flattering
greeting In many of the towns he visited
between here and New York when he was
"swinging around the circle" In 1866, but
that was his own fault He would make
political speeches, which were 'sometimes
violent and abusive.
There never has been any question but
that the people of the Southern States"
President McKinley'has been passing
through this week would welcome him
with a cordiality not affected Irf the
slightest degree by the fact that they all
cast their electoral vote against him at
two successive elections- Little things of,
that kind do not count when, the Chief
Magistrate of the United States Is the
guest to be entertained.
The peculiar warmth and heartiness of
the reception given the President Is evi
dence that the respect felt for his office
&z&&S,j&sfc&g&
luuugu n wouia not vote lor mm. some
of the policies of which he "was the" ex
ponent also appear to be quite popular.
The declaration wherever uttered that we
"will not "desert "our new possessions" Is
cheered ioudly by men belonging to a
party whose National platform demanded
the desertloa by the United States of its
Philippine possessions. The -election con
test being over, the Southern people are
ready tor admit now that they believe in
expansion.
The, Southern welcome Is all the more
genial because the people of that part of
the country are reaspnahly prosperous,
and prosperity begets geniality, Their
welcome is all the warmer because the
dread of "negro supremacy" has about
vanished, and, the South no longer looks
on a Republican aNtional Administration
as a possible enemy to its welfare.
The President will journey ' through
many states before he gets back to Wash
ington. Nowhere will he be greeted' more
effusively than he Is being greeted south
of the Ohio.
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TORPEDO-BOAT FLEET.
Twenty of Them "Will Be Ready lor
- Service Within a Few Months.
NEW YORIC;May6. Twenty torpedo
boat destroyers ,and, torpedo-boats will be
turned over to the Government by con
tractors within the next few months, says
a special from Washington to. the Herald.
The destroyer Decatur will be ready for'
her preliminary trial In June, and the
destroyer Dale a .month later. The Bain
brldge, the Barry and the Chauncey have
been advanced to about the same stage.;
The Lawrence and the Macdonough are
about completed. The Perry has been
tried, but failed-vto make her speed, and,
her screws will" be altered. The Paul
Jones and the Preble are well along tq
ward completion, but their trials will be
delayed so that ""their stems may be re
modeled. The ' torpedo-boat destroyers
Strlngham and Goldsborough have
had preliminary trials, but on ac
count of accidents will have to
again go over the official - course.
The Bailey has csuccessfully passed her
preliminary trial. The Shubrick will soon
be delivered to the Government. The Bar
ney, the Bindle, the Blakeley, the De'
Long and the O'Brien, It is expected, will
have their trials this Summer.
Final arrangements for the course of the
Naval War College, in Newport, will bo
made this week. Rear-Admiral Crotnln
shield, Chief of the Bureau of Naviga.
Hon, will submit- to Acting Secretary
Hackett a. list of officers available for
assignment to the college. In order that
the North Atlantic Squadron may,partlcl
nnt tn thp pniirsfi renalrs on the battle
ships Alabama and Kearsarge are to be
expedited. ' , .
Captain Charles D.(SIgsbee, Chief In
telligence Officer, has made formal ap?
plication for assignment to command the
battle-ship Maine, when she is completed.
The Maine will probably be ready for ser
vice in 1903.
ITALIAN IMMIGRATION.
Forty Thousand Peasants "Will Ar
rive Tliis Month.
NEW YORK, May 6. According to ca
bles and forecasts by the steamship com
panies 40,000 Italian immigrants will have
arrived In the United States by the-end
of May. . The Italian Immigration so far
this season is unprecedented. Charles
G. Elchler, chief of1 'the Bureau of
Statistics on Ellis 'Island, estimates that
fully 50 per cent of the Italian peasantry
coming to this port is from' the southern
portions of the peninsula, and from Sicily
and Sardinia. Of thef immigrants 4S per
cent remain in New York City for pe
riods varying from three days to perma
nent residence", 12 per cent go to Pennsyl
vania, 8 per cent to Massachusetts, 5 per
cent to Illinois, and 5 'per -cent to Con
necticut. The remainder is divjde'd among
the othfcr states. qt the Immigrants
from Northern Italy ,18 per cept are.hpund
for -the vineyards. of California and-the
mines of. the Pacific Slope. Th,ese immi
grants are of a more prosperous class than
formerly,-
A striking feature of this Spring's im
migration is the unprecedented number of
prepaid passages. Some of the ship loads
from Italy have broken records.- The
steamship Manila on one trip brought 1177,
the Tartar Prince 1043, the Cltta dl .Torino
more than 1400, the Massilla 1200 and the
Belgravla 2230. The North America, of
the new Peloce line, will bring over 2S00.
Of 'the total of about 50,000 Immigrants
who will have arrived In this port in the
six weeks ending May 11, nearly one-half
will be Italians. The males are coming
In preponderance over the females about
two to one. The grand total of Immi
gration last year was 448,572.
''Bank Statement Called For.
WASHINGTON, May S The Controller
of the Currency today issued a call for
the statement of the condition of' the
National banks at the 'close of business
on Wednesday, April 24.
THIRTY-THIRD MUSTERED OUT
Other
Volunteers Will Be
charged This Week.
DlM-
SAN FRANCISCO, May 6. The Thirty
ninth Infantry was mustered out of1, the
service today. The Thirty-second will be
mujsfered out Wednesday, the Twenty
ninth1 Friday and the Twenty-sixth next
Monday. Nearly all the officers of the
Twenty-sixth Infantry have been ordered
to appear before the examining board for
commissions in the regular Army. The
reduction of the size of th Army In the
Philippines will bring home Immediately
after the return of all the volunteers the
.regiments of the regular Army who have
been longest In the Philippines, the
Fourth Cavalry, the Fourteenth, Eigh
teenth and Twenty-third Infantry. --
The transport Egbert, which 'arrived
yesterday from the Philippines, will be
detained-in' quarantine for a week or
more, a soldier having" died of smallpox
during the voyage. The cabin passen
gers, however, will be fumigated and allowed-
to land Wednesday.
Death Rate at Manila.
WASHINGTON, May 6. The division of
Insular affairs of the War Department
today issued a statement giving vital sta
tistics for the? City of Manila. It shows
that the death rate per thousand in Ha
niladurlng last year was 34r47. " This is
16wer than the rate prevailing in Mexico
City and In Bonjbay. Bubonic plague
claimed 199 victims during the year out
of .271 cases.
No New Tobacco Stamp's.
WASHINGTON, May 6. Commissioner
of Internal Revenue. Y.erkes has decided
that as the rate of tax on tobacco and
snuff will not be changed by the act of
March 2, 1901, no new stamps for tobacco
and snuff will be Issued. The stamps
now In use will be sold by collectors on
and after July 1 at a discount of 20 per
cent. As tobacco and snuff stamps In the
hands of manufacturers June 30 may not
be redeemed .for. the purpose, of allowing
the discount, manufacturers can secure
the rebate on such- stamps only by affix
ing them to packages of tobacco or snuff
prior to July 1 and Indicating such pack
ages in their claims for rebate. Other
wise, such stamps must be 'used without
benefit of discount or rebate.
Cloudhurst in Iowa.
' FORT MADISON Ha.. May 6. A cloud
burst here Sunday flooded the streets to
a depth, of. Ave feet. Mrs. Mary Carter,
an.aged woman, was drowned in the cel
lar of her home. , 5The city is In darkness,
the, gas mains, being filled with water.
, v Astoria Park "Cpramlssioh."
ASTORIA Or., May 6.-Judge. McBride
today appointed ' theT members, ,pf -the, As-
,torja.Park- Commission, as. fdllows; Mar
tin Foard, H. Hammer, August iiiide
brand, C. H. Page and G. C. Fulton.
TRAIN -WRECK IN IOWA
ENGINEER KH.X.ED AND A SCORE
OF PASSENGERS HdtTS t
,.,
Collided With a Freight Train That
Was Backing oa to a
Sidetrack.
. 'pTtTJMWA, la., May. 6. BurlFugton'pas
se"frger train No. 3 was wrecked today
while passing Thayer, a small 'town 18
miles east of Creston, causing the death
of "Engineer S. D. Brown, of Burlington
and injuring over a score of passengers,
npne fatally. The locomotive hauling the
passenger tyain struck an engine attached
to a freight train that was backing onto
a sidetrack,' TJie passenger engjne and,
all but two cars of the .passenger train
left the rails, and rolled down a 20-foot
embankment.
Thayer is situated in the bed of a deep
ravlna, an.d on either side of the station
the track 'curves sharply. Neither' engi
neer qould see the other's train until thev
were within 25 feet of each other. The
passenger train was running at a high
rate of speed. The engineer of the .freight
'train beard the passe'nger train coming,
jand made the utmost endeavor to back
his heavy train qn$o the sidetrack He
succeeded In getting all but the engine on
the siding when the crash came. As the
passenger train rounded the curve Engi
neer Brown saw his peril, but stuck to
his post, reversing his engine, threw on
the alt braketothe emergency notch, ap
plied the sa'nd and awaited the crash. At
the JfrBt moment the men on the freight
engine jumped, escaping serious Injury.
The freight engine was thrown across th
tracks and the passenger engine hurled
down the 20-foot embankment, followed
-by the baircaee-car. exbress-car. the day
'coach and three chair-cars. The list of
injured follows:
O. E. Garrett, Murray, la., head and
body bruised: Major I. T. Hume, Des
Moines, bruised about ltose, left eye and
right arm; Colonel Olmstead, Des Moines,
severely Injured; John Von Prien, Charles
town, right side hurt; M. Shirley and
wife, Omaha; Mr. Shirley cut about face.
Mrs. Shirley bruised; W. A Scott, back
injured, Tight leg and foot bruised; Al
bert Brown, rlgh$ arm and leg bruised;
Mrs. Ellis Plxley, West Salem, 111., inter
nal injuries, serious; I. T. McCune, Ot
tumwa, hurt in stomach and breast; Clar
ence Woine, Grlnnell, scalp wound, limbs
Injured, bruised about back; T. M. Gal
lup, Wyoming, en route to Randolph, la.,
scalp wound, right knee and left wrist
injured; E. G. Carter, Charlton, lip cut;
F. F. Blag, Chicago, internally injurea,
serious; J. L. Farthing, Creston, travel
ing salesman, Omaha, right hand cut; W.
W. Bond, J. D. Johnson, Chicago, bruised;
C. M. Buchanan, Fairfield. la., severely
injured; "P. Bates, Chicago, back and chest
injured; Mrs. F. A. Bell, Fairfield, slight
ly" bruised; William Tresfell, Burlington,
head brakeman passenger train, bruised;
A. C. Sweeney, Keokuk, bruised; E. T.
"Gardiner, Charlton, la., head, shoulders
and hips bruised and cut; D. O. Camp
.bfill, Cleveland, head, shoulders, legs
bruised; S. D. Reed, Osceola, la., slightly
injured' Walter Crowley, Woodburn, Ia
legs badly injured; J. L. Farquhar, Gal
lipin, O., badly shocked; Dr. Averlll, Af
ton, la., back Injured; T. J. Burke's wife,
Jacksonville, Fla., badly cut on forehead,
back hurt; Burke's injuries slight; Mary
Cherry, Leroy, la., chest and head hurt,
serious internal Injuries; Clyde Wilson.
HopevlM, la., collar-bone' and body and
tecs' bruised and cut; R. B. Mitchell, WeU
don, la., head and face badly cut; G. B.
Milner, Clarendo. la., slightly injured in
both head and arms; William Elder, Ot
tumwa,'Ia.T shoulder dislocated, head cut;
"Rosy Mowner, Talmage, la., severely
shocked; Clarence wnuiocK, usceum, i
armi broken. -internal injuries; S. E. Reem,
'Osce'ola, cut over eye, - severely bruised;
Fireman Mike canney, .uttumwa, oaaiy
bruised -and'1 cut, arm" broken: K. Lock
larfd Chicago, leg and three ribs broken;
Will' Harper, Ottumwa, head and hands
cut; Mrs. Will Harper, Ottumwa, back
sprained. "
RISE' I!T NORTHERN PACIFIC
President Hill Says He Does Not
Know "What Caused It.
NEW YORK, May 6. Soon after North
ern Pacific sold at 125 today a reporter
spoke with President J. J. Hill, of the
Great Northern, whose friends have for
some months been crediting him with a
prediction that the shares would be quot
ed at that figure.
"Sell at- 125, did I think?" said Mr.
Hill, In an interested way. "I did not
know it had gone so high."
Mr. Hill declared that he had no in
formation to give as to the cause for the
remarkable rise In the quotations. An
swering a question on this point, Mr.
Hill said: "No, J know of nothing new
and have no idea as to the special cause
for the rise in prices."
Directors of the Northern Pacific Rail
way and others connected with the man
agement said today, as have the manag
ing interests of other stocks which have
-scored great rises, thaf they could not
account for the demand for the shares
ind knew of no development afflecting
the' property.
BAKER CITY-BURNS RAILROAD.
Strong Probability That Sumpter
"Valley Company Will Build It.
BAKER CITY, May' 6. A gentleman
closely connected with the Sumpter Val
ley road says there Is a strong probability
of a road' being built by his people from
here to Burns. A road from Baker City
to "Burns would, If the road now being
built north from the Central Pacific, in
Nevada, comes to Burns, make a through
line from here to California. The same
people are know to be interested at both
ends" of the proposed road, the southern
portion of which Is now under construc
tion. It would pass through a rich timber
and mining region, and there is every in
centive for the people who are said to be
'interested to build it. The road would
furnish the one thing necessary to the
development of a large section of Eastern
Oregqn mining country, viz., cheap trans
portation. The Sumpter Valley Railroad was built
for the purpose of hauling saw logs and
lumber to the -mill and market, but the
owners had an -Idea that they could do
some business in the way of transporting
ore and- mine supplies, and they were not
disappointed. The road opened up a good
mining country,sor rather made it possi
ble by reason of cheapening- transporta
tion charges, for the mines to be worked
at a profit, and today the freight and
passenger business pays the expenses of
the road and leaves a neat profit besides.
DENIAL FROM HILL.
Magnate Declares Railroad Trust la
' Not "in Contemplation.
NEW YORK, May 6.-James J. Hill,
president of the Great Northern Railroad,
denied the report that a plan was formed
three years ago by J. Pierpont Morgan,
the Goulds, the Vanderbllts and himself
for the consolidation of the great railway
systems of the country, and that it is
about to be carried out. Mr. Hill, who is
at a hotel here, said:
"The story is ridiculous and entirely
unworthy of any serious attention from
any one.""
EXAMINED CROSSINGS.
Commissioners' Part In Oreg-o'n City
'"Electric Llne-S. P. Dispute.
OREGON CITY, May 6. The three com
missioners A. S Dresser, J. P. Lovett
and 'W. S. U'Ren appointed by Judge Mc
Bride to Investigate 'and report on condi
tions of crdsslngs and grades whereby the
Oregon City & Southern Railway can be J
permitted to cross the. Southern Pacific
tracks In Caneman, made-'their examina
tion thls afternoon. The, commissioners
faere accompanied by Manager Koehler
andEnglneer GrondahL o'f the -Southern
Pacific; President Hurlburt, of the Port
land TCityT& Oregon Railway President
Fields, of the Oregon City &. Southern,
and an O. R. & N. .engineer, while attor
neys for both contestants were represent
ed. The report of the commissioners will
be submitted to the court Wednesday,
when the attorneys will make their ar
guments In the Injunction and condemna
tion suits at issue between the"Orgon
& California Railroad and Southern Pa
dflc Company and the Oregon City &
Southern Railway Company.
Stopover at Buffalo.
General Passenger Agent Craig-, of the
O. R. & N., has issued a circular touch
ing the stopover at Buffalo on through
tickets during' the Pan-American Expo
sition. The regulations, which are the
same as those agreed upon by the East
ern lines, are as follows:
"Stopover will be allowed at Buffalo
for a period not exceeding 10 daya on all
through first and second-class limited one
way and round-trip tickets (except on
party tickets Issued t6 theatrical or
amusement .companies), to enable passen
gers to visit the exposition, upon deposit
of ticket by the original purchaser with
the joint agent immediately on arrival
and payment of $1, for which receipt will
be given.
"When passenger desires to resume his
Journey, which must be within the pre
scribed 10 days, he must present the re
ceipt and identify himself to tne satisfac
tion of the Joint agent as the original pur
chaser of the ticket The joint agent
will then return the ticket, after attach
ing at the top the form of special con
tract shown on the back hereof, and ad
vise .passenger that ticket Is good leav
ing Buffalo only on the date perforated
in the paster and Is limited to continuous
passage to destination within the flnal
limit punched In the margin of the
paster."
John Mitchell in New York.
NEW YORK. May 6. President John
Mitchell, of the United MIneworkers. and
several other heads of labor organizations
which belong to the National Civic Fed
eration have arrived In this city to at
tend a meeting of a special committee of
the federation, to be held tomorrow. Mitch
ell Is on the advisory board of the fede
ration, as is also President Gompers, of
the American Federation of Labor. The
National Civic Federation Is composed of
200 labor leaders and heads of business
firms, and is organized for the purpose of
promoting the principles of arbitration as
opposed to strikes In the settlement of la
bor disputes.
New Controller of the Santa Fe.
CHICAGO, May 6. D. L. Gallup, treas
urer for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railroad In Chicago, has been elected
a controller of the system. In addition to
his new office. Mr. Gallup will perform
many of he duties, of the chairman of
the board of directors, the latter office
having been made vacant recently by the
death of Aldace Walker. Mr. Gallup's
new position will necessitate his removal
to New York City.
Short Line Auditor Resigns.
SALT LAKE, May 6. F. W. Hills, for
the past four years auditor of the Oregon
Short Line Railway, resigned today to
take the position of controller of the
American Smelting & Refining Compariy,
with headquarters In New York. Pre
vious to the segregation of the Oregon
Short Line and the. "Onion Pacific, four
years ago, Mr. Hills "was for 19 years con
nected with the auditing department of
the Union Pacific at Omaha.
Thirty Miles of Trolley for ?800,00O.
DETROIT, Mich., May 6. The Detroit
United Railway Company has purchased
the Detroit &x Northwestern Suburban
trolley line, which runs between Detroit
and Plymouth, a distance of about 30
miles. The price Is said to" have heen
?8C0,000. It is said to be the purpose ot
the Detroit United Company to ultimately
purchase all the suburban roads running
Into Detroit and reorganize as the Detroit
United & Suburban Railways.
Railroad Notes.
By Its new schedule, adopted yesterday,
the Great Northern reduces Its running
time between St. Paul and the Pacific
Coast.
For the annual meeting of the Grand
Lodge, the Grand Encampment and the
Rebekah Assembly of the I. O. O. F.r of
Oregon, to be held at Baker City May 21
to 24, the O. R. & N. Co. has made a rate
of one and one-third for the round trip.
The President Is to be at Portland May
22, at Walla Walla May 25 and at Spokane
May 26 and 27, and the O. R. & N. Co.
has made a rate of one and one-third for
the round trip. This rate will apply to
Portland from points on and west of the
Heppner branch; to Walla Walla from
points between Huntington and Rlparla
and to Spokane from points north of
Snake River.
How Russia Does It.
"The Englishman In China." Alexander
MIchte.
Russia has a policy independent at once
of accidents, autocrats, shifting Govern
ment bodies and of all personalities, weak
or strong. With the accumulated force of
past achievements, an unbroken tradition,
and great military forces massed on a
frontier which is no frontier, Russia
among the other powers now" masque
rading in the Far East Is as the Iron
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Has won success far beyond the effect
of advertising" only.
The firm hold it has won- and retains
upon the hearts of the people could
never' hare been gained by even 'the
most lavish expenditure of money.
The true secret of the popularity of
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is explained entirely and only, by its
unapproachable Merit.
Based upon a prescription which
cured people considered incurable,
which accomplished wonders astonish
ing to the medical profession,
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Includes the concentrated values of the
best-known vegetable remedies such
as sarsaparilla, yellow dock, pipsis
sewa, uva ursi, mandrake and dande
lion, united by an original and peculiar
combination, proportion and process,
giving to
Hood's Sarsaparilla
curative power peculiar to itself.
Its cures of mild and extreme cases
of scrofula, eczema, psoriasis, and
every kind of humors, as well as of ca
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Its cures of dyspepsia, biliousness,
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Workmg
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Life to the most favored is not a"hray3
full of sunshine, but to the average
American, girl or woman who is obliged
to "work for her living, and, perhaps
to help others at home life is often &
heavy drag in consequence of illness.
Worner T7ho wor, especially thoss
who are constantly on their feet, are
peculiarly liahle to the development
of, orsranic troubles, and should par-
ticularl heed the first manifestations.
such as. backache, pains in the lower
limbs and lower part of the stomach',
irregular and painful monthly periods,
Hiss t.t.i Bzsxxzb, E. Bocztbstxs, Ohio.
faintness weakness, loss of appetite
and sleep.
The young lady whose portrait we
publish herewith had all these symp
toms, and in addition leucorrnoea,
and was cured by Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound. First, she
wrote a letter to Mrs. Pinkham's lab
oratory at Lynn, Mass., describing her
trouble, received in reply accurate in
structions'what to do to get well, and
now wishes her name used to convince
others that they may be cured as she
was
The same helping hand, free of
charge or obligation, is extended, to
every ailing woman in America. If
you are sick you are foolish not to get
this valuable advice, it costs you noth
ing, and she is sure to help you. Dont
wait until it is too late write to-day.
vessel floating among- the earthenware
pots. Russian publicists. In order to
strengthen the dominant position to
which they aspire, have been pro
claiming with Increasing insistency
that they are the only nation who can
deal with the Chinese question because
they, are themselves an Asiatic people.
They Justify this pretension by their
primitive Asiatic military ethics, and it Is
an Instructive spectacle to see their forces
massacreing Chinese populations whole
sale while their diplomats ' are ostenta
tiously shielding those In high places
from the just consequences of their
crimes.
He Teachs Brains to See.
Vienna Director Keller, of the Vienna
Institute -for the Blind, has developed a
method of training that gives sight to
normal eyes, the retinal Images, ot jyhich
the brain is unable to translate, into con
scious sensation.
Unfortunate of this sort are known fo
scientists a3 the "brain blind."
Dr. Keller had taught 70 deaf mutes with
normal ears to speak and hear. He fol
lowed out his method with the "brain
blind," and they see.
He has exhiblted.be.fore thi5hrs,ian'
Society a 7-year-old child; whonvhe has
taught in 14 mosths' tlmo to discern col
ors, forms and details and to read.
A movable disk of light in a dark room
is the blind child's primer. The discern
ment of colored transparencies, and dis
crimination among them follows, after a
visual Idea of forms has been obtained.
Then, from the teaching of geometrical
forms, laid against the disk of light, Dr.
Keller passes on. to the alphabet and to
reading with the eyes. New York Even
ing Journal.
Locked up In a safe at the Boston Pub
lic Library is the gold medal awarded
George Washington by the Continental
Congress by a vote of March 27. 1776, for
his services in expelling the British from
Boston, March 17, 1775: As a souvenir of
the anniversary of evacuation day. about
80.000 medals made from this design and
one-half the size of the original, were
distributed to the school children of Bos
ton recently. The medal was bought
from one of Washington's heirs 23 years
ago.
the chiof adjunct
of beauty, ia now
nlaced within the
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